Anyone’s firms conducting stealth layoffs?

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I know Goodwin did a bunch in late April.

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I mean, they laid off half of their tax department from their Boston office, which is their HQ. I doubt they all had performance issues.

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Baker Botts is

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Can confirm they are. No idea how many in each office. Have you experienced this or know someone who has? Please pm me - I feel quite isolated in dealing with this.

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There have been layoffs rumored at Ropes and Cleary. Not at either firm so can't confirm

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Fox Rothschild

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This was this last summer - July 2020. Is accurate unfortunately- but if you don’t believe me, look up who was in their 1st-3rd year class and the percentage that left in the past 6 months. They don’t plan very well and think of associates as highly disposable.

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Pushing for “sabbaticals”

Hughes Hubbard....

It’s not a stealth layoff if they say outright it’s layoffs.

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